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🌸 Spring break

A spring break camp comes together fast — your screening has to keep pace.

One week, a roster pulled together at the last minute, and full days with kids. VolunteerBadge clears every spring camp volunteer in hours — $5 each, with biometric identity verification — so a late sign-up is never the reason an unscreened adult ends up in the room.

Start screening for $5 $5 per check Identity-verified FCRA-compliant

Built for short lead time

Mail-in checks take two to three weeks — longer than the entire camp. Phone-based screening turns that into same-day, so the whole roster clears in the window you actually have.

  • Send one invite link to every volunteer at once
  • Each person verifies + consents in ~2 minutes
  • Watch results land same-day on a live roster
  • Flag anyone not cleared before day one

Spring break camp screening questions

Spring break camps are organized last-minute — can screening keep up?

Yes. Volunteers verify and consent from their phone in minutes and most checks return same-day, so even a roster assembled the week before can be fully cleared by opening morning.

Do short, one-week camps still need background checks?

Absolutely — a week of all-day, often unsupervised contact with children carries the same risk as a summer-long program. Most hosting schools, rec centers, and insurers require it regardless of length.

What does it cost for a small spring camp staff?

$5 per volunteer, with no subscription — so a 12-person spring break crew is a small, predictable cost.

How It Works

Three steps. Start to finish.

We stripped every unnecessary step. Here's what running a volunteer background check actually looks like.

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Volunteer ApplicationCity Parks Dept.
Full Name
Email Address
I authorize a background check per FCRA disclosure. I have received and reviewed the required disclosure document.
Step01

Build your application

Create a volunteer application in minutes. FCRA disclosure language is embedded automatically — applicants sign digitally, you stay compliant from day one.

No charge to create applications or collect signatures.

Always free
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Address History Check Scanning…
Step02

We verify address history

The moment they submit, we pull their actual address history and cross-reference it. Any gaps or addresses they 'forgot' get flagged before you spend a single credit.

No credits used. Catches incomplete applications early.

Always free
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National Criminal SearchSarah Johnson
County & Superior Courts
Sex Offender Registries
Federal Criminal Courts
FBI Most Wanted + OFAC
Step03

Run the check. Done.

One click searches county courts, sex offender registries across all 50 states, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC. Plain English results with FCRA guidance included.

One credit per check. No hidden fees.

$5 per check
Next-gen identity verification

We verify the human — not just the name on the form.

VolunteerBadge is the only volunteer screening platform that ties a real, verified identity to every application: a biometric face match against a government photo ID, then triangulated against the SSN trace and address history behind the check. A borrowed clean identity can't get through.

Biometric facial match

A live liveness selfie — proof a real person is present, not a photo.

Government photo ID

The selfie is matched face-to-face against their official ID document.

SSN + address triangulation

Identity cross-checked against the SSN trace and address history on the report.

$5included — no premium tier, no add-on
How it works
Live biometric scanFACE MATCH · 99.2%
Verified
Live selfie
Photo ID
SSN + address
Identity confirmed & triangulated

Enterprise-grade verification at a nonprofit price. The same rigor banks use — built into every $5 check.

100% FREE · FOREVER

Free training for your spring break camp volunteers

Screening tells you who to trust. Training tells them what to do. Send every counselor and helper through this free, self-paced course built for the real situations your camp runs into — animated lessons, video, scenarios, and a certificate on passing.

8 modules · certificate ~49 min · quizzes & video
Start the free course

What the course covers

  • Onboarding a last-minute crew safely and fast
  • Active supervision, headcounts & name-to-face counts
  • Safe transitions and restroom / buddy-system protocols
  • Authorized-pickup and check-out done right
  • Spring weather — heat, cold snaps, storms & lightning
  • Allergies, EpiPen & first-aid basics
  • Behavior guidance, bullying & homesickness
  • Abuse prevention, boundaries & mandatory reporting

Cleared before break starts

Invite your spring crew today and have every volunteer screened by opening morning. $5 each.

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